Qatar Martial Arts Championship kicks off today

The Qatar Martial Arts Championship kicks off today, organised by the Qatar Mixed Martial Arts Committee (MMA), affiliated with the Qatar Boxing and Wrestling Federation, at the Aspire Ladies Sports Hall.
The championship, which has participation of 38 competitors competing in 19 categories throughout the day, is the second official local event of the MMA Committee, which brings together all combat sports under one roof.
The MMA stressed that the goal of organising this championship, as well as all local activities, is to provide a closer analysis of the sport and develop the future Qatari team, so that it can compete at the regional and Asian levels.
The committee held a press conference attended by Sheikh Ali bin Jassim al-Thani and Adel Ghanem al-Marzouqi, members of the committee, during which it revealed the championship programme and scheduled matches, as well as the different categories and weights that will participate in the event.
The tournament will witness 19 matches in various weights, the most prominent of which are two matches for belts.
The first is the 18th main match for the belt in the 66kg weight category, which brings together Mohamed Alaa and Hassan Koush, and the second is the 19th main match for the belt in the 61kg weight category, in which Abdullah Khan meets Mohamed Amin Adel.
In the rest of the matches, Youssef al-Aidi will meet Omar Brahma in the 66kg weight, Riyahi Mohamed Amin with Abdul Salam Amino in the 70kg weight, Shourya Gautam with Tim Fadi in 50kg, Abdurahman with Mohamed Adnan, Mujahid Mohamed Mirghani with Mohamed Nour Issa in the 57kg, Marco Garcia with Jose Braidy, Khalifa al-Shammari with Yassin Hassan in 85kg, Akram Ismail with Abdullah al-Samarrai, Muhannad al-Hout with Jamal Hussein in 66kg, Tamim al-Shammari with Omar al-Madady, Ali Ayasra with Omar al-Saai in 70kg, Musnad al-Mohannadi with Elias Jalal, Osama Finan with Saad al-Sulaiti, Abdulrahman al-Batsh with Abdulaziz al-Jabouri in 77kg, Zain Khan with Musab al-Fadel in 71kg, Ezz El-Din al-Wafi with Sultan al-Hammadi in 93 kg, and Yazid Mohamed Ali with Ali Abdulhadi In heavyweight.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, especially in Asia, where it is now an official sport under the banner of the Olympic Council of Asia, making it very likely that it will be one of the sports at the Doha 2030 Asian Games.